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Caveat Emptor: Counterfeit Intel CPUs Are Popping Up in China Fake computer chips have been an ongoing problem Intel and AMD have struggled to deal with for decades. It seems that such behavior is on the rise again, with more fake Intel CPUs showing up on the Chinese market. The …

PC Industry Could Face Sharp Downturn by Q3 Even in the current pandemic, there are a few companies that have seen some positive trends amid the Great Cessation. After shelter-in-place orders began going out, home electronics sales started to surge, reflecting an increased need for office equipment, including PCs. The …

Google universal watchlist for movies and TV to Google Search Google is adding a new feature to Search that will help you keep track of all the TV shows and movies you want to watch during these long weeks at home. The company had already been offering personalized TV and …

Security Researchers Finally Figure Out ‘Unkillable’ Android Malware Conventional wisdom says that the best way to rid yourself of malware is to reset your device to factory defaults and start over. Security researchers sounded the alarm several months ago after detecting a piece of Android malware that survives factory resets, …

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800U’s Onboard GPU Nearly Matches the GeForce MX250 Early benchmarks of the Ryzen 7 4800U’s integrated graphics solution suggest that the 15W APU can nearly keep pace with an Intel system equipped with a GeForce MX250. While the MX250 is a modest performance target, it’s still …

How Deadly Is COVID-19? New Stanford Study Raises as Many Questions as It Answers Among the many “known unknowns” complicating the creation of public policies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is estimating its lethality. We know that overall, it has been dramatic, with nearly 40,000 fatalities in the US …

May 2020 Windows 10 Update: Linux, Ray Tracing, Search Upgrades We’ve been expecting a new version of Windows 10 in the form of the “2020 H1 update.” Now, Microsoft has officially announced the new version as the “Windows 10 May 2020 Update.” As the name implies, it will start hitting …

Western Digital, Seagate Are Shipping Slow SMR Drives Without Informing Customers: Reports [Updated] SSDs are increasingly popular these days, but there’s still plenty of demand for large spinning disks in the enterprise sector and still some home users who prefer sheer capacity to raw speed when building a storage array. …

Apple Unveils $399 iPhone SE With 4.7-inch Display, A13 Bionic SoC Lovers of small phones have cause to celebrate today — after years of rumors and speculation, Apple has unveiled a second-gen iPhone SE. The display is just 4.7 inches, making it much more comfortable than other modern smartphones, and …

Google Play adds a ‘Teacher Approved’ section to its app store Google today is making it easier for families to find quality educational apps with the addition of a new “Teacher Approved” section to Google Play. All apps found in this section are vetted by a panel of reviewers, including …